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Darwen Library Theatre Knott Street Darwen BB3 3BU

10/25/0295Full Planning Application (Regulation 3)Approved
Full

Approved on 20 June 2025

Council decision: PermitsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Refurbishment of the Library Theatre to create a new entrance, with lift and stair core and erection of two-storey extension to create additional accommodation and bar area

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Darwen East
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 81 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Darwen Library Theatre Knott Street Darwen BB3 3BU. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Darwen Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Darwen East. We hold 605 applications in total for the BB3 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB3 3BU
Application type
Full Planning Application (Regulation 3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darwen

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2025
Consultation expiry
20 June 2025
Consultation start
31 March 2025
Consultation end
20 June 2025
Last date for comments
15 May 2025
Target decision date
8 May 2025
Committee meeting
19 June 2025
Application expires
22 May 2025
Permission expires
20 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

First advertised
1 May 2025

Additional information

Documents
72

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    21 Mar

    Refurbishment of the Library Theatre to create a new entrance, with lift and stair core and erection of…

    This applicationApprovedFull10/25/0295
  2. 2025
    21 Mar

    Refurbishment of the Library Theatre to create a new entrance, with lift and stair core and erection of…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside10/25/0296

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